Insurance Journal

Florida Family Sues Panera Bread Over Caffeinated Lemonade After Man’s Death

FLEMING ISLAND, Fla. (AP) –The family of a 46-year-old Florida man has filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against one of the biggest fast-casual restaurant chains in the U.S., claiming Panera Bread Company`s caffeine-filled lemonade...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

North Carolina Hog Farms Were Properly Permitted, State Appeals Court Says

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Several hog farms in North Carolina were properly allowed to collect energy from the animals` waste, a state appeals court said Tuesday, ruling that their permit applications were scrutinized appropriately before their appr...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

UK Data Protection Watchdog Warns Companies Over AI Use and Privacy

Britain’s data protection watchdog warned companies to consider people’s privacy rights whenever they use artificial intelligence (AI) or face not just fines but losing the public’s trust in the technology. The country’s Infor...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Report: Kentucky Fund Made $239,000 in Erroneous Tornado Relief Payments

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A report released Tuesday by state officials on the disbursement of Kentucky`s tornado relief fund found that it sent out about $239, 000 in mistaken payments. The review of the fund by State Auditor Mike Harmon`s …

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Family of Man Who Died Sues Tow Truck Driver They Said Sat on the Man’s Head

ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a Georgia church deacon who died after struggling with a police officer following a minor car crash has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a tow truck driver they say arrived during the confrontation …

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Airline Industry to Meet to Discuss Safety Concerns Around Spike in GPS Spoofing

Global aviation industry leaders will meet in January to discuss safety concerns around increased GPS interference by cyberattackers steering planes off course, an International Air Transport Association executive said on Wednesday. Global Positionin...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

AXA Weighs $1.1B Disposal of European Protection Insurance Businesses: Sources

AXA is considering selling some of its protection insurance businesses across Western Europe in a deal that could be worth up to 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion), two people close to the matter told Reuters. The French insurance group has …

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Maersk Introduces Risk Surcharge on Shipments to Israel to Cover Insurance Costs

Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk said on Thursday it will introduce a risk surcharge next year on container shipments to Israel to cover rising insurance premiums due to the security situation. “Moving into 2024, insurance premiums continue to...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

UK Insurance Broker Ardonagh Weighs Refinancing $3.9 Billion Debt Pile

The Ardonagh Group is considering refinancing its entire debt stack to help finance more acquisitions, in a deal that would rank among the largest ever for private credit. The UK insurance broker is in talks with lenders about refinancing its …

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Rising War Risks Prompt Insurers to Reassess Property Cover in Geopolitical Hot Spots

Insurers grappling with the rising risk of physical attacks on businesses due to war or civil disorder are reconsidering the breadth and scope of such cover in potential conflict hot spots. Political violence cover, which businesses can take out to &...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

J&J Cites ‘Progress’ Settling Baby Powder Cancer Cases

Johnson & Johnson said it’s moving forward to resolve lawsuits that claim its talc-based Baby Powder causes cancer to avoid facing some jury trials next year and further its strategy of finding a global settlement for thousands of cases. &#...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Ex-Twitter Exec Claims in Lawsuit He Was Fired for Raising Security Concerns

A former executive at Twitter Inc, now called X Corp, has filed a lawsuit claiming he was fired after Elon Musk acquired the company for objecting to budget cuts that would prevent the company from complying with a U.S. government …

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Businesses Feel Prepared Yet Lack Ample Insurance, Says HUB Exec Survey

When it comes to facing risk in 2024, most organizations are not as prepared as they may think they are. The newly released 2024 HUB Outlook Executive Survey revealed gaps in maintaining financial stability and profitability, building a vital and &#8...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Long Island Rail Road Employee Falsified Inspection Report Before Derailment

A former employee of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) pleaded guilty to falsely claiming he had inspected a part of a railway that an investigation determined was broken and contributed to a collision in Speonk, New York in 2019. …

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

California Labor Commissioner’s Office Reaches $5.5M Wage Theft Settlement

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office reached a $5.5 million settlement against Adat Shalom Board and Care Inc. to compensate 148 workers who worked at the employer’s six adult care facilities in Los Angeles. The employees cared for...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Colorado-Based Frontier Settles Suit Filed by Pilots Who Claimed Bias Over Pregnancy, Breastfeeding

Frontier Airlines has settled a lawsuit filed by female pilots who accused the airline of discriminating against pregnant or breastfeeding employees. In the agreement Frontier will let pilots pump breast milk in the cockpit during “noncritical...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Supreme Court Ducks Hotel’s Challenge to Disability Access Tester’s Right to Sue

The U.S. Supreme Court has passed on deciding whether private citizen “testers” who search online for and then sue companies that appear to not be in compliance with federal disability regulations have standing to sue. However, the high c...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

Pennsylvania Forms Flood Insurance Affordability Task Force

Pennsylvania has established a task force to recommend policies to make flood insurance more affordable. The Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force will examine potential programs that provide premium discounts, incentives for local government...

Posted: Dec 07, 2023

People Moves: Atain Hires Delestienne as VP and Head of Binding Authority

Atain Insurance Companies, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., hired Cara Delestienne as vice president and head of binding authority. Delestienne has over two decades of insurance industry experience, most recently serving as vice president op...

Posted: Dec 06, 2023

Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois to Rebrands as Big I Illinois in 2024

The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois announced it will rebrand to Big I Illinois in 2024. The Illinois association’s rebranding will better reflect a name that has resonated with agents, carriers, and lawmakers throughout the organizati...

Posted: Dec 06, 2023

Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois to Rebrand as Big I Illinois in 2024

The Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois announced it will rebrand to Big I Illinois in 2024. The Illinois association’s rebranding will better reflect a name that has resonated with agents, carriers, and lawmakers throughout the organizati...

Posted: Dec 06, 2023

5th Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies Standard of Evidence for Negligence Award Against River Boat...

As maritime accidents go, the collision between the M/V Strandja and the M/V Kieffer E. Bailey on the Mississippi River was hardly a catastrophe. A jury determined that damages amounted to only $114,000. But the accident did provide an opportunity &#...

Posted: Dec 06, 2023

Texas Prosecutor Drops Most Cases Against Austin Police Officers Over Tactics Used During 2020 Prote...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd`s killing said Monday he was dropping most of the cases and &#82...

Posted: Dec 06, 2023

Auto Safety Regulators To Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators After One Blows Apart, Injuring a Driver...

DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto safety regulators said Monday they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver …

Posted: Dec 06, 2023

The Tools Carriers Need to Recruit for Busy Season

This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. ‘Busy season’ can mean a lot of things, depending on the industry you’re talking about. For accountants, the busy season leads up to the day taxes are due. The busy …

Posted: Dec 06, 2023